Chicago lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning a day after collecting winnings

Chicago lottery winner died from cyanide poisoning a day after collecting winnings

Urooj Khan collected the lump sum option on the $1 million ticket on July 19. The next day he was dead.

A Chicago lottery winner was fatally poisoned a day after collecting $425,000 in lottery winnings, a medical examiner said today.

Urooj Khan’s sudden death on July 20 was initially ruled a result of natural causes, but a further examination at the behest of a concerned relative found he had ingested a lethal dose of cyanide, the Associated Press reported.